For example, on Wednesday night, MLB Network ranked the top 10 starting pitchers in Manfred's league. Tarik Skubal is #1 on MLB Network's Top 10 pitchers despite being ranked below Paul Skenes on MLB Network's Top 100 players 2. The biggest talking point right now is the fact that Yoshinobu Yamamoto is ranked seventh. It's important to remember that in his second season in the MLB, Yamamoto was a Cy Young finalist. There aren't 3 pitchers on the planet I would rather on the mound than Yoshinobu Yamamoto in a big game.